Paid Notice: Deaths
BAWN, HUFFORD, ELIZABETH

Published: October 12, 2008

BAWN-HUFFORD-Elizabeth, died September 30, 2008 at St. Vincent's Hospital. Mother of Peter Daniel Kirsch and John Christopher Kirsch. Born Elizabeth Ann (Betty) Bawn in St. Louis, November 7, 1932. Attended St. Joseph's Academy-Fontbonne, St. Louis University (Commerce and Finance) and Washington University (Fine Arts) in St. Louis. Arrived hometown Manhattan to live on her own November, 1953, knowing no one, but with a couple of phone numbers. Within a week she'd been photographed by Richard Avedon and befriended by some good people of talent. Worked as a high-fashion runway model, fashion reporter and fashion publicist. In the mid-fifties, she and her first husband founded a travel agency which accepted international clients by referral only. Their 54th / Madison Avenue office was a daily gathering spot for industrialists as well as nobility, stage and film stars, visual artists, great composers and lyricists. In the mid-sixties, Elizabeth was an award-winning copywriter with deGarmo, Grey and BBDO, whose contributions made some of the most successful campaigns possible. In the 1980s and 1990s she was the voice on many national TV and radio commercials. During the SAG/AFTRA commercials strike of April, 1988, Elizabeth a trained mason under the aegis of BAC local 34 worked as a bricklayer on the ABC building at 67th/Columbus. She also worked as a bartender, Pratt Institute professor, sales rep, hospital staff secretary, purchasing agent, but it was always writing that was integral to Elizabeth's being. All the others were simply good jobs. For the past 20 years, Elizabeth was a Sunday Lector at the Church of St. Thomas More and was a yoga teacher (Parashkti) at the Integral Yoga Institute. A longtime Mensa member, life member of SAG and AFTRA, Equity. Funeral private. No flowers. No memorial planned at this time. It was Elizabeth's specific wish that anyone who remembers her have a good meal with one(s) you love. Anyone wishing to donate, Elizabeth's favorites: New York Society Library, The Doe Fund, Bide-a-Wee. Survived by beloved son Peter, Sindee Sours and former husband Robert Garlick.